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A 4 page paper building a case for describing Lady MacBeth as a tragic hero along with her husband. Aristotle defined the tragic hero as one who falls from grace to extreme unhappiness; the literary requirement of tragedy is death. Lady MacBeth meets both of these criteria. Broader definition requires that the audience feel sympathy for the tragic hero, which in the case of Lady MacBeth is more difficult. She does marginally meet the primary criteria of tragic hero, however, and can be said to share the position of tragic hero with her husband MacBeth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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gave us todays definition of the tragic hero in his "Poetics." "In Aristotles text, a tragic hero was defined as one who falls from grace into a state of
extreme unhappiness" (Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero). A lecturer tells students that structure generally limits the number of tragic heroes in any work to one, but that an
exception to this rule can be found in the "love tragedies" such as Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra. This lecturer specifically mentions MacBeth in stating that the
remainder of Shakespeares tragedies "have single stars, so the tragic story is concerned primarily with one person" (Shakespearean Tragedy). Even so, a case can be made for establishing Lady
MacBeth as a tragic hero as well. Lady MacBeth Lady MacBeth meets Aristotles criteria of one who falls from grace into a state
of extreme unhappiness" (Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero), though she is less successful in providing criteria offered by other definitions, such as that defining the tragic hero as one
"whom we admire for his or her achievements and strength of character, but whose downfall and death are caused by a weakness or error of judgement, coupled with an act
of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it specifically points to death as the final
destination of the tragic hero. The basic criterion is that the character die, and Lady MacBeth does meet that fate. In so doing, she fulfills tragedys death requirement.
In the early stages of the play, Lady MacBeth is abrasive and abusive toward her husband, who is regarded by most as a
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